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Ex-corporals Thomas Fulton, formerly of 174 Provost Company 3 Royal Military Police, and Jeremy Jones, formerly of Close Protection Unit Royal Military Police Operations Wing, both appeared at Bulford Court Martial Centre today.

Fulton, 27, and Jones, 28, both entered not guilty pleas to two charges each of rape dating between November 18 and 21, 2009.

Ex-corporals: Jeremy Jones (left), formerly of Close Protection Unit Royal Military Police Operations Wing, and Thomas Fulton (right), formerly of 174 Provost Company 3 Royal Military Police, were at court today

In attendance: Cpl Ellement's mother Alexandra Barritt (left) and sister Khristina Swain (right) leave Bulford Court Martial Centre in Wiltshire today after the two former soldiers pleaded not guilty to the corporal's rape

Judge Jeff Blackett ordered a three-week trial to begin on April 11 next year at the same court with legal argument to be held on March 3.

A second inquest was held into Cpl Ellement’s death by Wiltshire Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg last year following lobbying by Cpl Ellement’s family with help from human rights charity Liberty.

Mr Rheinberg ruled that bullying, the ‘lingering’ mental effects of an alleged rape, ‘work-related despair’ and a romantic break-up were all factors in Cpl Ellement’s death.

Pictured with her mother: A second inquest was held into Cpl Ellement’s death by Wiltshire Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg last year following lobbying by Cpl Ellement’s family with help from human rights charity Liberty

Plea hearing: Two former corporals both appeared at Bulford Court Martial Centre in Wiltshire (file picture)

On the day she killed herself Cpl Ellement, who was also a soldier in the Royal Military Police, discovered her ex-boyfriend had started a new relationship.

The coroner said that her colleagues had ‘crossed the boundary between banter and harassment’ by calling her names and taunting her over her weight.

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